Water-closet attachment.



WATER CLOSET ATTAOHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 18,1912.

1,951,935, Patented Feb.4,1918.

' EXJJLILLLJLLQU JBEIIES G. ClARY, 01F JACKSON, TENH'EQSEE.

VIATER-CLGSET ATTACHEEENI.

it is the object of this invention to pro-v vide an atta'ehn'ient to water eloset seats, -whereh a tresh sanitary seat may he supplied between eaeh time of use.

This invention of great advantage in all public toilets from a sanitary standpoint. and may be readily applied to eloset seats now in'use with but little change. or to the closets by a specially constructed seat. As the sanitary covering for the seat is preferably ot paper but little expense is attached. term, that one of their edges bound or glued together. and the top sheet removed before using. The sanitary seats are re uewahle .as easily as the toilet paper box holders now in use in public toilets. and should the sanitary. seats heeonie exhausted the function of the seat groper is,not (lestroyed.

\Vhile the. preferred t'orins of this invention are illustrated upon the accompanying" sheet of drawing. yet it to he understood that minor detail ehan es may be made without departing from the seope thereof.

Figure l is a view in perspective ot one form of this invention. Fig.9 is a top plan View of Fig, 1. Fig; 3 is a View in set-lion taken on the line 3 3 o l Fig. Fig. lis: a detail plan View of the. blanks used with the seat illustrated on Fig. 't. Fig. 5 is a top plan View of another term. Fig. (3 is a View in seetion taken on the line ('t' on Fig. 5, Fig. 7 is a View in seetion taken on the line 7-7 on Fig. 5. 8 is a tragmentaur view in side elevation of Fig 3. Fig. 9 is a top plan. View of a ltitulilittltioii. Fig. ,It) is a riow in sertion on the line t()* tt) on Fig, 5). Fig. ll is a riew in seetionon the line lll1 on Fig. 9. Fig. l) is a detail plan view of the blanks used with the seat illustrated on Fig. 5. l ifi. 13 is a detail plan View of the blanks used with the seat illustratetjl on Fig. 9.

The sheets may be in tablet Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed May 18, 191i. Sorta: Etc.

torrn illustrated on Fig. It employs a special seat. "he seat proper t lS'0f usual shape and is attached to the closet :2

in the usual manner. and may ha?- of woodr metal or any other desired material. Be-

ginning a short distance from a longitudiq nal center line at the back an aperture is provided which. in proximity to the outereclge, follows the contour of the seat proper on each side and tern'iinates a short distance from the lonnitndinal center line in t'ront and a similar aperture is provided in proximity to the inner edge of the scat proper.

lhe central portion 3 is slightly depressed and is curved so that its sides are below the outer and inner portions of the seat proper, with the lower edges resting upon the top of the closet. he outer portions 4 are flat with their under side in the sameplaneas the crown of the curved central portion 3. The. inner portions 5 are curved downwardly and inwardly from the plane of the portion 4 and then downwardy and outw. rdly with the lower edges in proximity to the adjacent lower edges of the central portion This construction provides 'a means for detaehahly holding blanks of sanitary paper 6 cut in conformity to the contour oi the seat proper with their outer edges extending through the apertures he.- twveen the outer tiat portion and the eeritral portion and their inner edges extending through the apertures between the emtral portion and the inner eurved portion. The curved portion 3 causes the central portion of the blank to extend above the plane of the seat proper providing a sanitary seating surface. It is preterablethat this seat he formed of metal or resilient material. so that a plurality of seetions of sanitary blanks may be applied one above the other and they will he firmly held in phee. yet allow (it the removal of the upper blank one at a time until exhausted.

The forms illustrated in Figs. 5 to 1?) may be applied to seats now in use. A spring elip it) is seeured to th under side of the trout and baek of the seat proper upon the longitudinal renter line having the bow of the spring: extending about the inner edge oi the seat and provided upon the top with spring: mezn er l) is also seeured on each side tothe under side of the'seat proper hatinga flat portion engaging the central outer portion ot the seat,

form are provided at their meeting edges with a cut-away portion 14 to surround the bow of the spring and allow the adjacent ends to meet and be clamped in place under the plate 11 upon the upper end of thc spring 10. Pro ecting ears 15 are provided upon each outer edge which are adapted to extend downwardly at the edge of the seat proper and be engaged by the flat portion of the side springs 12. Lines of perforations 16 are provided on each blank from the cut-away portion to the outer edge, so that while the spring plate 11 firmly engages the end portion and the main pontions are held in place by side springs 12, the top blank may be readily removed without disturbing the others by tearing through the line of perforations.

The form shown on Fig. 9 illustrates a slightly different form in which the blanks 20 are wider and are of the same contour as the seat proper with their meeting edges held under the plate 11 of the detachable spring l0 secured in the manner as shown -in Fig. 11. In the form a line of perforations 21 is provided across each end so that while the adjacent ends of the blanks are heldin place yet the top one may be readily removed by tearing through the perforations without disturbing the others." This form may be applied to seats now in use or the seat proper 1 may be of a'malleable casting of greatly less cost, and may or may not be provided with a pad or cushion l, as shown in Figs. 10 and 11.

What I claim is:

1. A sanitary seat protector for closets comprising a plurality of sanitary blanks one above the other arranged in sections on each side of the center line of the seat, each section having a line of transverse perforations across each end, the adjacent end portions of the sections adapted to be firmly ongaged and held in place upon the upper surface of the seat but allow of the removal of' engaged and held in place upon the upper surface of the seat'but allow of a removal. of the main section by tearing through the line of perforations at each end thereof, and each blank having a projection extending from the middle of the outer side of the blank at an angle to the center line of the seat adapted to be engaged by resilient means to normally hold said main portions of the protector in place on each side of the seat.

3. As an article of manufacture a blank of sanitary material for protecting closet seats of similar contour to the seat which when in place will terminate short of the center line of the closet at each end, the adjacent ends of said blank provided with a cut out portion between the inner and outer edges of each blank adapted to sur round a means for securing the blanks to the top of the seat.

4. As an article of manufacture a blank of sanitary material for protecting closet seats of similar contour to the seat which when in place will terminate short of the center line of the seat at each end, and having a line of perforations parallel to and in proximity to each end.

5. As an article of nutnufacture a blank of sanitary material for protecting closet seats of similar contour to the seat which when'in place will terminate short of the center line of the seat at each end, the adjacent end of each blank provided with a cut out portion between the inner and outer edges thereof adapted to surround a means for securing the blanks to the top of the seat, and having a projection extending from the middle of the-outer side of the blank at right angles to the center line of the seat adapted to be engaged by a means for securing each blank to the side of the seat.

' 6. As an article of manufacture a blank of sanitary material for protecting closet seats of similar contour to the seat which when in place will terminate short of the JAMES G. CARY Witnesses l A. Monnns'r, J. A. Winnnlarson. 

